Tuma Lake News

Darren Kuhn has collected many stories in his career as a recreation safety warden, along with a strong desire for people to stay safe while having fun. Kuhn, who works for the state Department of Natural Resources, recently spoke to the Manitowoc County Lakes Association during a meeting in Manitowoc.

Directions: Harpt Lake Road, Town of Gibson. Take Interstate 43 North from Manitowoc to STH 147, East on STH 147 approximately 3 miles to Harpt Lake Road. North on Harpt Lake Road 1 mile to Tuma Lake Road. West on Tuma Lake road .25 miles to landing.

About Tuma Lake

Lake Health

Recreation

Features: The public access has parking space for 4 car/trailer units. There is a boat ramp. A new pier and reconstruction of the boat launch was completed in 2018. No lighting, no restrooms, no potable water.

Boat Ramp: Gravel ramp, 9% slope, 3 ft launch depth, boarding dock.

Launch Fee: The daily fee is $5 and the seasonal fee is $20.

ADA Accessibility Features: None. The transition to the portable dock is not ADA accessible.

In addition to the species netted, several small Northern Pike were observed and many small Yellow Perch passed through our nets.

Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike survival appears to be low despite restocking efforts after 2008-2009 winter kill. Concern is poor water quality, predation or illegal harvest. Recommended to continue stocking for two additional years.

Bluegill are surviving after stocking based on age distribution, but growth is slow.

Yellow Perch are doing well although only small fish were observed.

Black Bullhead were commonly caught. It is likely that these fish either survived the kill or were progeny from survivors.

Recommend Tuma Lake be resurveyed in the next five years to assess the status of the fish populations of the lake.

Chemistry (2017):No current Chlorophyll data available. The average summer Chlorophyll in 2017 was 3.4 µg/l

Chemistry (2017):No current Phosphorous data available. The summer Total Phosphorus average in 2017 was 20 µg/l.
Lakes that have more than 20 µg/l total phosphorus may experience noticeable algae blooms.

Trophic State Index (TSI) (2018):45/Mesotrophic.What does this mean?Mesotrophic lakes are characterized by moderately clear water, but have an increasing chance of low dissolved oxygen in deep water during the summer.

Tuma Lake News

Lake Director: Dan Dufek

Darren Kuhn has collected many stories in his career as a recreation safety warden, along with a strong desire for people to stay safe while having fun. Kuhn, who works for the state Department of Natural Resources, recently spoke to the Manitowoc County Lakes Association during a meeting in Manitowoc.

Gene Weyer, water quality testing director and former president of the Manitowoc County Lakes Association, displayed graphs of phosphorous levels on 16 area lakes to those gathered at the association’s Feb. 21 meeting.

Our guest speaker will be Darren Kuhn, DNR Conservation Warden. He will be addressing legal issues, explain the boating ordinance process and getting State approval to boating ordinances. He will take questions regarding creating local boating ordinances, specifically to deal with mirrors on ski boats, and PFD use.